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J. F. WINCHBLL. Golm HUSKER Patented Jan. l, 1867.

I No. 60,977.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN.:

' Be it known that I, JAMES lli'. WIH'OHBLI., of pringeld, in :the non 'nty of 'Clark and -stellte of Ohio, have invented certain new end' usefnl 'Improvements in Corn Huskers; 'and I 'do hereby declare that the following is af full, clear, and exact ,description thereof, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, making port:l of -this specification, and to the letters of. reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occnr. A

`l3'ig1 .u`-e 1 is a plan view of the device, with its strapopened out. Figure 2 is a side view o f the same.

-Figure 3 is s perspective view of it, as arranged for use. v

Myinvention relates to that class of devices intended to be attached to the fingers ofthe operator, in hashing corn, and consists in the special construction of the metallic portion, and so connecting it tothestrap as to prevent the metal from coming in, contact with the hind, and also in :risking the same adjnstnblein si'zegt'o snit diferent-siied hands. Veriops devices have heretofore been invented for this purpose, but iisuall'y they consist of `a single piece of metalbe'nt so as to claspthe hand or the ngers, to holdit in place. These devices, when' useclj are 'apt 'to soon cliafe 'the Iia'nd or ngers, nd render them sore, time preventing theinuse. 'l Another Akind consists of a piece of leather made to enoircle`thehend, and having a blade atta'ched the'reto, with its' point resting in the'pallnof the hand, and pointing` forward. This device, while avoiding: thel injury to the hnnd. produced by the metal huskers referred to, is not convenient for use, on nccount of the bladebeing located vin the palm' of thehand and. neither this nor the former .style is so constructed that they'csn be conveniently: adjnsted to different-sized hands. My invention has'for its object the reniedying of these'diculties, or, rather',

the obviating of them, hy a different construction of the device.' l, A y

In the drawings, A represents a. piece of metal, which may cnt out with a die or pnch in the forni represented in 4iig. 1. The point e is then curved, als 'shown in fig. 2, to form a hook with. which to pierce and grasp the husks at the point of the ear of corn. ts rear end is also bent over to forms hook, c, as shown` I then provide 'a leather strap, as represented by'B, s'nd'att'ach the plete A' to it by ineansfo'i on'e o1: more` rivets, u shovrn Ain iig. 1, care being teken to have the under headof ,the rivet b Bet and smooth,l so-csl 'not injnre the hand. If desired, another piece of leather mnyben'sed toline the strap B, so, as to cover the rivets, end thus renderfit' still more perfect in this respect; thoughgif proper care be'had inmakingit, this will not.A be necessary. I then cnt a series ofholes, sa represented at a, iigr 1, 'of proper Asite to fasten that 'end of the strepB to the ho'oke, when the strap is bent around, as shown in iig. 3. By these mesn's the instrument may be adjusted in size to `it the h'and of any person, and thus the same instrnmet'msy be nsed by or'boys, as desired, thereby preventing'the necessity of having a hnsker for each seperate person. In4 usingit, it is designed to clasp arouidthe last three ngcrs of the hrend, Athus leaving the i'rst free, and. giving greater freedom to the hand. Y Y

' "Havin'thns desc'rlbedmy invention, what I claim, is

- .The corn husker, consisting of the metsLplate A., and the strep B, adjustsble in size,'when tsrncted and arranged ss herein shown 4und described.' o

Witnesses:

W. C. Donor, P. '.l. Denen. 

